Mea sententia

Shortcuts, humorously defined as the longest path between two points, can be dangerous in clinical medicine.

The first of November is the official end of the trail running season and the first of December is the official start of the Nordic skiing season. November serves as a transition month.

Close calls and near misses are common terms for bad things that almost - but didn’t - happen. 

The Grand Rounds presentation that week was in the form of a Clinical Pathological Conference (CPC), a medical tradition where a case is presented to an expert or panel of experts in front of an audience of clinicians. The presentation is usually done in the order the information became available during the patient’s hospital course and the experts ask questions, discuss what they think is going on and why, are given more data based on the questions they ask, and ultimately try to come to the diagnosis that was proved at surgery or autopsy.

Well, I had a post about this subject in notes and outline form in my pile. But Dr V handles it so well, it seems silly for me not to simply give him credit and send you to his site.

You surely know the difference between a chisel and a screwdriver, but have you thought about what happens if you ignore the difference?

The simplest toy, one which even the youngest child can operate, is called a grandparent.  (Sam Levenson)

A few weeks ago a patient asked me with a hint of irritation in his voice, why I always typed during our visits together.

"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far, the universe is winning."

Robert Cringley (columnist, author, host of "Triumph of the Nerds")

There are five requirements for successful shared decision making (SDM) between patients and their clinicians.